LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Evelyn Ankers: Larry Talbot
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Larry almost immediately becomes smitten with Gwen Conliffe (Evelyn Ankers) the daughter of the village antiques dealer. Chaney and Ankers have wonderful chemistry and appeared in many more films together after The Wolf Man. (Reportedly, the two were never fond of one another based upon their first encounter revolving around Ankers being given Chaney's dressing room. Chaney apparently liked to drink and break things and the studio wanted a more subdued tenant). In the famous scene where Larry and Gwen meet, Larry purchases a silver, wolf-headed cane that would seal his destiny. (Destiny by the way, was the film's working title.)
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Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) returns home to the family mansion and the welcome of his father Sir John Talbot (Claude Rains), and immediately is attracted to local girl Gwen Conliffe (Evelyn Ankers). But he's bitten by a wolf while defending Gwen's friend Jenny (Fay Helm) and falls unconscious. When he wakes Larry is told that he beat to death not a wolf but a gypsy fortune teller named Bela (Bela Lugosi). Bela's mother Maleva (Maria Ouspenskaya) clues him in to what all the locals already know: he's going to become a werewolf.
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Description: In this horror classic, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.) returns to his father`s castle in Wales to join a beautiful woman (Evelyn Ankers). Talbot escorts her to a local carnival, where a gypsy fortune teller, Bela (Bela Lugosi), predicts the horrors that await and brings to light the curse of the wolf. Later, Bela, who already has transformed into part man/part wolf, attacks Larry to transform him as well.
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Lon Chaney Jr. portrays Larry Talbot, who returns to his father's (Claude Rains) castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman (Evelyn Ankers). One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where Jenny's fate is revealed by a mysterious gypsy fortune teller. The dreamlike atmospheres and elaborate settings combined with a chilling musical score make The Wolf Man a masterpiece not only of the genre, but for all time!
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